Vertically-adjustable window-shade fixture.



. S. MENUSKIN. VERTIGALLY ADJUSTABLE WINDOW SHADE FIX-TRENv APPLIOATIONFILED oo'r. 26,1909.

1,037,285, Patented Sept. 3,1912.

tnarran) srArEs [PAQTENTiGFrrcn sIiro'N ME'NiIsKIN; or cHATmANocGA.-Tennessee.

To all wiz-om tmaycamera:

Be it known that I, SIMON MENUSKIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chattanooga, in the county of Hamiltonand State 0iTennessee, haveinvented n'evvl and useful improvements invertically-Adjust-` able WindoWShade'FiXtures,'0f Whichthe.

l l tle C is preferably in the form of a. closed following is aspecification. A

This invention relates to fixtures for supporting in, a 'verticallyadjustable manner Window shades', particularly those mounted upon springrollers.v

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front view of 4a "Windowequipped with a5 my invention. Fig. 2 is a sideielevation y.of thesaine. Fig-3 is a perspective view, on a larger scale than Figs. 1landvQ, of the adjustable bracket or hanger in Which the "non-,rotatin'g pintle' of the shade roller is supported. Fig'. 4 is aperspective vievvyof`V a pintle adapted to be supported in the bracketss hoivn in Fig-f3.- Fig.` 5-is.a perspective holding the non-rotatingpint-le in the 'seat in the braeket. .Figf is a perspective view vof.the 4bracket for' supporting the rotating 'pintle or gudgeon ofthe shaderoller.' Fig.

7 is aperspective .vien7 cfa' slightlydiEerent form of the' invention.'Fig ,Sis a detached view of/the rotatable pintle.

Referring tothe drawings, A designates ',theshade supported upon aspring roller B which is providedat its opposite ends respectively witha plntle or ,gudgeon C hav.-

-.35 ingaL cylindriealbearing,.and a pintle l),

the bearing' or seatportion of which is4 squared or angular in s liapesothat When set in its bearing it does not rotate. This pintle isconnected Withthe spring cthe'roller 40 and is provided With,projections Wthwhich engage the-dogs carried by the roller, these partsconstituting elements -ofa spring curtain roller whichneed no`t.'beillustrated or l further describedv herein', as they; 'are Well 46knovin in ythe art.

At either side of' the Window is supportedl a vertically disposed rcd'2upon which are mounted the brackets'Gr.sufprtsin which are seated thepintles of the curtain roller, 50 the brackets being adjustablevertically upon thcrcdr; so that the curtain may be adjusted to thedesired position. These brackets are preferably formedof` steel Wireshaped as illustrated .zin the drawings.. T-hey are in generalconfiguration of'Mishape having legs 3 3, preferably 'parallel .witheach ing `thus maintained whetheraapplied 'toa shade roller .or not Thecentral portion 5 view, detached, of. the retaining piece .forv

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other, terminating inloopsl'adapted .tof

Y encircle the rods 2 on' which the brackets 'slidel The interniediateportion 5 of the "60, 'Ward, that'is', toward the loops et, and `is.-

bracket `between the legs 3,-is yextended in:-

shaped to .form a bearingdor a pintleof the roller. The bearing GA `forthe rotatingf'pim loop surrounding -the' cylindrical bearing portion oft-lie-pintle,.which latter may bea brad of s uitable constructionadapted to bev d riveninto the end or' the shaderoller, as. illustratedin Fig. 8. Nhen this bearing is ot" the Vbrad construction, asillustrated, it '70,

' may be placed in its seat during the `'course o fthe. manufacture ofthe bracket, the pintle a'nd its supporting bracket beingthus'as"-sembled in proper relations for use; and beofthe bracketthatlsuppcrtsthe non-rotat-- ing Apintle of the roller, is provided Withan. open seat 7 formed by an off-Set orbend in thejwire, as indicated inthe drawings, intoy which Ina-y be set the bearing portion of the pintleD. The seat 7 and the bearing portion of the p-intle' D that 'engagestherewith" are so shaped' with reference tol each other that the latterWill not turn in` theseat., A

In'order to holdthe pintle B' in place.'

ltvithin the bracket, Ii'einploy a retaining' piece Sadapted to closethe open side' of the seat 7. This retaining piece may be of the shapeillustratedin Fig. 5, Where itis rep- 9o resented as' being formedof athin piece of metal of substantially U-shape, the legfsot'.I which areadapted to straddle the indent-ed or bent part ofthe bracketconstitutingrthe seat '7. The'open end of the slot 9 in the plate Whichconstitutes the retaining,g piece S 'may be closed after @the piece hasbeen put in place .by an encirclingwire 10-"or in any other suitableWay. Instead ofeniploying alatslotted plate, a ring l1, shown in F ig.may be employed Vto retain the pintle in its seat.

The two legs 3-3 rof the bracket may be rconnected by Aa cross piece.20, which is looped around them' 'andI serves to 105 strengthen and makerigid the bracket. rflicv upper end of this cross piece may be extendedbeydnd the bracket Where it is termed into a loop l2.\vhich serves asthe ci" attachment for the cord lil bv lli? o the bracket' is suspended.v; pass over pulleys 14s-l5 supA upon base pieces or plates 16 which areat. tached to the upper ends of the rods 2, the rods at this point beingpreferably flattened to form a good bearing `for the attachment of thecarrying plates 16. Therollers are preferably covered by a ca plate orhousing 17. The rollers are pre erably of different sizes, the largerones, 15, being arranged above the others. i The free ends of the cords13 are adapted to'be made fast to a hook or other attachment 18 carriedby the casing at the side of the window. The cord that goes to thebracket on that side of the window which is nearest the hook 18 passesup and around the lower pulley 14, and then drectly to the hook. Theother cord passes from its bracket over the larger pulley 15 carried bythe rod on which that bracketv slides, thence across to the other pulley15 and from thence to the hook 18.` By making the pulle s of di-iferentsizes as shown, the cords are ept separate throughout practically theirentire course. By provlding two rollers ateach side of the window frame,the hook 18 or other attachment to which the ends of the cords aresecured may, with equal advantage, be situated at either side of thewindow.

lVhat I claim is:- The combination with a window shade, its supportingroller, a pair of uides at Ythe sides of thewindow, and brac 'ets in`which' ythe shade roller is sup orted free to independently slide upon te said guides, of a pair of rollers supported near the upper end of eachguide, the, rollers of each pair being of dilferent'diameters, thelarger ones above, and arranged with their axes in substantially ,thesame vertical plane, and independent `said attachment, substantially asdescribed.

,y SIMON MENUSKIN;

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` GEO. T. WHITE, J; W. MARTEN.

Copies o! this patent may be obtained for iive cents euh, by addressingthe Commissioner ot Patents,

' Washington, D. C.

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